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Cancelled: Friday ice rink social
UNMC emerging professionals group has two virtual events still planned for the coming weeks.
Jan 6, 2022
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Rescheduled: Chancellor’s all-campus forum
Virtual forum, originally scheduled for today, now will be held next Wednesday.
Jan 6, 2022
![UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD; Jane Meza, PhD, interim executive director for health security for UNMC; and Jennifer Bartholomew, vice president and associate vice chancellor, facilities management, for UNMC and Nebraska Medicine.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/GoldMezaBartholomew010322.jpg)
ICYMI: UNMC expects COVID-19 vaccine boosters
Over the break, the campus updated guidance as COVID-19 continues to spread rapidly.
Jan 5, 2022
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Emerging professionals holding ice rink social Friday
Two other Emerging Professionals Program events also scheduled for January and February.
Jan 5, 2022
![Jerry Walker, PhD, manager of psychology services at Nebraska Medicine](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/JerryWalker010522.jpeg)
Office of inclusion starts ‘Coffee & Conversations’
New event, which will be held virtually for now, is inviting open discussions in a casual setting. First conversation is Friday.
Jan 5, 2022
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New faculty spotlight: Darby Kurtz
Kurtz is an assistant professor, archivist and public historian with McGoogan Health Sciences Library.
Jan 5, 2022
![Darby Kurtz, assistant professor, archivist and public historian, McGoogan Health Sciences Library](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/DarbyKurtz010522.jpg)
Three nurse faculty appointed to endowed positions
Kate Fiandt, PhD, Lynnette Leeseberg Stamler, PhD, and Lani (ChiChi) Zimmerman, PhD, now among endowed positions in UNMC College of Nursing.
Jan 5, 2022
![Kate Fiandt, PhD, Lynnette Leeseberg Stamler, PhD, and Lani (ChiChi) Zimmerman, PhD.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EndowedChairs010522.jpg)
From social media: Abraham Killanin, human of UNMC
UNMC’s Instagram account profiles the people you meet each day around campus.
Jan 4, 2022
![Abraham Killanin, graduate research assistant in pharmacology/experimental neuroscience](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/AbrahamKillanin010422.jpg)
OPS superintendent to speak at MLK celebration
Cheryl Logan, EdD, will speak at the virtual event co-hosted by UNMC and Nebraska Medicine.
Jan 4, 2022
![Cheryl Logan, EdD, has served as superintendent of the Omaha Public Schools since 2018.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Logan0201.jpg)
LiveGreen: Sustainable New Year’s resolutions
Making a resolution this year? Here are some ideas that keep the planet’s health in mind.
Jan 4, 2022
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